318 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1883. 



I'or the government of the bequest were finally adopted at the 

 meeting held February 20. A special appropriation was made 

 for the alteration of the entresol rooms at the east end of the 

 hall, for the accommodation of these collections, and therein the}^ 

 have been arranged by Mr. Jacob Binder, the special curator 

 appointed by the Council in conformity with the articles of 

 agreement. Mr. Binder's report, which follows that of the 

 Professor of Mineralogy, indicates the character and extent, as 

 well as the mode of arrangement, of the collections under his 

 charge. 



At the meeting held April 24, the following was adopted : — 

 Retiolved, That the title to certain lands in Western Virginia, 

 belonging to the Academy, and heretofore held in trust therefor 

 by the late Wm. S. Vaux, be vested in Messrs. T. D. Rand, Jacob 

 Binder and S. Fisher Corlies, as trustees for the Academy, and 

 that the title to a burial lot, owned by the Academy in the ceme- 

 tery adjoining the Academy's premises on Race Street, be trans- 

 ferred to the Trustees of the Building Fund, in accordance with 

 the recommendation of the Council, March 26, 1883. 



The American Association for the Advancement of Science has 

 accepted the invitation tendered by the Academy, in conjunction 

 with other educational establishments, the officers of the municipal 

 government and prominent citizens, to meet in Philadelphia in 

 1884. It is hoped that the meeting may be attended by the 

 British Association which meets in Montreal next August, or at 

 least by an important representation thereof. The International 

 Electrical Exhibition, which it is proposed to hold at the same 

 time under the patronage of the Franklin Institute, cannot fail to 

 add largely to the interest of the occasion and to the number of 

 those in attendance. The result will probably be one of the 

 largest scientific meetings ever held, and one which cannot fail to 

 exert a beneficial influence on the Academy in common with the 

 other scientific institutions of the cit}'. We have, therefore, 

 abundant reason to hope that tlie prosperity of the societ_y at 

 the end of next year will be at least as great as that so clearly 

 set forth in the accompanying annual reports of officers and 

 sections. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



Edw. J. Nolan, 



Recording Secretary. 



